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Large-scale parachute drop marks 80 years since Operation Market Garden / 36GU7H2
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Hundreds of paratroopers jump from planes to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the failed September 1944 World War II operation to try and free bridges in the Netherlands and forge a path into Nazi Germany. Dutch King Willem-Alexander joins veterans and thousands of spectators at the event in Ede near Arnhem. "It's absolutely incredible," says British historian James Holland. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES